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top notch |
top of the inning |
top of the line |
top off |
top onion |
top out
| top priority
| top quark
| top rake
| top round
| top secret
top out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb top out has 3 senses
- top out(v = verb.social) Array - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" is one way to leave office, quit, resign, step down
- top out(v = verb.possession) top - provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure); "the towers were topped with conical roofs" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- top out(v = verb.motion) peak - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" is one way to arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym: bottom out
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
top out,
To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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